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Descriptor English: Mesopotamia
Descriptor Spanish: Mesopotamia
Descriptor Mesopotamia
Scope note: Tierra antigua entre los ríos Tigris y Éufrates, que corresponde a lo que en la actualidad es Iraq y parte de la región noreste de Siria, sureste de Turquía y partes más pequeñas del suroeste de Irán. Se considera la cuna de la civilización occidental. La Mesopotamia de la Edad de Bronce incluía Sumeria y los imperios de Acadia, Babilonia y Asiria (Traducción libre del original: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mesopotamia )
Descriptor Portuguese: Mesopotâmia
Descriptor French: Mésopotamie
Tree number(s): Z01.586.035.587
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D064867
Scope note: Ancient land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, corresponding to modern-day Iraq and partly NE Syria, SE Turkey and smaller parts of SW Iran. It is considered to be the cradle of civilization in the West. Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires (from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mesopotamia )
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
Previous Indexing: Middle East (1982-2013)
History Note: 2014
DeCS ID: 55474
Unique ID: D064867
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Date Established: 2014/01/01
Date of Entry: 2013/07/08
Revision Date: 2013/07/05
Mesopotamia - Preferred
Concept UI M0584478
Scope note Ancient land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, corresponding to modern-day Iraq and partly NE Syria, SE Turkey and smaller parts of SW Iran. It is considered to be the cradle of civilization in the West. Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires (from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mesopotamia )
Preferred term Mesopotamia



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